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Cookie Butter Granola

Cookie butter and oats come together in this delicious and extremely addictive granola!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Cookie Butter Granola

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Cookie Butter Granola

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

724Calories
19 gProtein
42 gFat
76 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Almond + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Almond + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  5. Oats + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, almond, butter, sugar, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg):

  1. Flaxseedfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Pistachiofits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, almond, butter, sugar, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.